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Thread #57061   Message #1420985
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
25-Feb-05 - 03:46 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Nothing Like Grog et al
Subject: RE: Origins: Nothing Like Grog et al
The poems-songs of Charles Dibden were disseminated in North America at their time of release in the British Isles.
"Nothing Like Grog" was reprinted in "The American Musical Miscellany" in 1798, and appeared in early 19th c. broadsides. The Bodleian has a copy but don't show it.